Karl Magnus Pehrsson (born 25 May 1976) is a Swedish

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manager and former professional player who is the Director of Football at Spanish club

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Club career

Pehrsson started his career in

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. He played for

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

and

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or Blåvitt, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it ...

in Sweden, as well as

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in England. For the 1999 season, he rejoined

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. He retired from football as a player due to an injury in 2003.

International career

Pehrsson represented Sweden at the

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and B levels.

Managerial career

Pehrsson started his coaching career as

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Åtvidabergs FF Åtvidabergs Fotbollförening, also known simply as Åtvidabergs FF, Åtvidaberg, Åtvid or (especially locally) ÅFF, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Åtvidaberg. The club is affiliated with Östergötlands ...

. He then managed

IK Sirius Idrottsklubben Sirius, commonly known as IK Sirius or Sirius, is a Swedish Sport, sports club located in Uppsala. Today IK Sirius is active in bandy, floorball, and association football, football as an . History The sports club that became IK Sir ...

in 2006 and

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in 2008.

Aalborg BK (2009–2010)

In January 2009 he moved from the Swedish leagues to Denmark to coach the

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team

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. In his first season AaB managed to finish the Superliga season in 7th with 3 wins and 7 draws from 16 matches under his management. AaB reached the

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final. In the

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AaB were drawn against

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. AaB won the first leg at home 3–0 and the away leg 3–1 beating Deportivo 6–1 aggregate. AaB thereby earned a place among the last 16 where they faced

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. After a 2–0 loss in Manchester in the first leg AaB fought back to tie the score with a 2–0 win at home, but were defeated by 4–3 on penalties. In his first full season AaB finished 5th in the

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with 13 wins, 9 draws and 11 losses. In the

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AaB were surprisingly knocked out in the round of 16 by 2nd Division (third tier) club

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and in

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AaB lost out to

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club

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in the second qualifying round. With 9 points from the first 11 matches in 2010–11 Superliga season he was sacked on 11 October 2010 due to a poor start of the season.

Djurgårdens IF (2011–2013)

In May 2011 Pehrson was hired by Djurgården to replace

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who had been sacked due to a poor start of the

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. In his first

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he managed to bring the team up from 15th to finish 11th and safe from the relegation with a record of 10 wins and 5 draws from 24 matches under his management. In

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Djurgården were eliminated in the round of 16 by

. In 2012 season Djurgården finished 9th in the

with 8 wins, 13 draws and 9 losses. In

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Djurgården finished runners-up, but Pehrsson had already left the club after the quarter-finals. On 26 April 2013 Pehrsson resigned as manager due to alleged threats against him, though police later dropped the investigation as no legal proof of the threats were found.

Estonian national team (2013–2016)

On 5 December 2013, Pehrsson was appointed team manager of the Estonian national team. His first match in charge was a win against

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on 5 March 2014. After a slow start team's form began to pick up and Estonia held high hopes on Euro 2016 qualifying, but a 0–1 loss in a decisive match against

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saw them finishing 4th in group. By mid 2016 the results start to deteriorate: 0–7 loss to

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and 0–5 to

in 2016 was a blow to a team proud of their defensive record. Pehrsson left the post by mutual consent in September 2016.

Malmö FF (2017–2018)

On 23 November 2016, Pehrsson was appointed manager of

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. He led the team to their second consecutive domestic title, winning the

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, but was knocked out of the

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in the second qualifying round. On 14 May 2018, Pehrsson was sacked as manager of Malmö FF, as the club was placed 10th in Allsvenskan after nine rounds. Niclas Carlnén, managing director at the club, cited that the "results so far are a big disappointment" and stated that the decision was "sad but necessary".

Kalmar FF

On 27 November 2018, after the end of the

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season, Pehrsson was presented as the new manager of

Kalmar FF Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1 ...

, a team who ended up at the 10th place in the league. He resigned in October 2019.

Vélez CF

In April 2022 he became Director of Football at Spanish club

Honours

Player

Djurgårdens *

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: 1994 *

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: 2000 *

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: 2002

Manager

Malmö FF *

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Managerial statistics

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pehrsson, Magnus 1976 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish football managers Expatriate football managers in Denmark Allsvenskan players Superettan players IF Brommapojkarna players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Bradford City A.F.C. players IFK Göteborg players English Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in England GAIS managers IK Sirius Fotboll managers Åtvidabergs FF managers AaB Fodbold managers Djurgårdens IF Fotboll managers Swedish expatriate football managers Estonia national football team managers Malmö FF managers Men's association football midfielders Kalmar FF managers Allsvenskan managers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Expatriate football managers in Estonia Danish Superliga managers Sweden men's youth international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Footballers from Malmö Vélez CF non-playing staff